A Bayesian approach using covariance of single nucleotide polymorphism data to detect differences in linkage disequilibrium patterns between groups of individuals.
MOTIVATION: Quantifying differences in linkage disequilibrium (LD) between sub-groups can highlight genetic regions or sites under selection and/or associated with disease, and may have utility in trans-ethnic mapping studies. RESULTS: We present a novel pseudo Bayes factor (PBF) approach that asses...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2010
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